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Cooking at different cook powers
For best results, some recipes call for different cook
powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the
cooking. Each number from 1 to 10stands for a
different percentage of cook power.
The following chart gives the percentage of cook
power each number pad stands for, and the cook
power name usually used.
Italso tells you when to use each cook power. Follow
recipe or food package instructions if available.
NOTE: Refer to a reliablecookbook for cooking times
based on the 1000 Watt cook power of your microwave
oven.
COOK POWER NAME WHEN TO USE IT
Automatic 100% of High • Quick heating many convenience foods and
full power foods with high water content, such as soups and
beverages.
• Cooking tender cuts of meat, ground meat,
9 = 90% of full power • Heating cream soups
8 = 80% of full power • Heating rice, pasta, or casseroles
ii
7 = 70% of full power Medium-High • Cooking and heatingfoods that need a
Cook Power lower than high (forexample,
whole fish and meat loaf)or when food is
cooking too fast
• Reheating a single serving of food
6 = 60% of full power • Cooking requiring special care, such as cheese
and egg dishes, pudding, and custards
• Finishing cooking casseroles
5 = 50% of full power Medium • Cooking ham, whole poultry,and pot roasts
• Simmering stews
4 = 40% of full power • Melting chocolate
• Heating pastries
3 = 30% of full power Medium-Low, • Defrostingfoods, such as bread,fish, meats,
Defrost poultry, and precookedfoods
2 = 20% of full power • Softening butter,cheese, and icecream
ii
1 = 10%of full power Low • Keeping food warm
• Taking chillout of fruit
NOTE: Once cook time has been entered, you can also use the Cook Power pad as a second Kitchen
Timer by entering "0"for the Cook Power. The oven will count down the cooking time you set without
cooking.
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